music business – Page 4 – Andrew Orlowski

On the occasion of the Pirate Party’s first UK address

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Andrew Orlowski

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21 October 2009

Opening Comments for the In The City P2P Panel, Manchester, on Sunday 18 October: Although Rik [Falkvinge]’s in front of us in flesh and blood, he wouldn’t exist – the Pirate Party wouldn’t exist – without enforcement policies being the primary goal of the music business. The programme bills this as “two sides of a…

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Spotify founder hints at video, P2P sharing, world domination

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Andrew Orlowski

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30 June 2009

Ek said the buying habits of 80 per cent of Spotify users were unchanged, 10 per cent were buying more music, and 20 per cent were buying fewer sound recordings. No, this doesn’t add up to 100 …Read more at The Register… Read More

Stories

Spotify’s numbers – an exclusive peek

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Andrew Orlowski

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25 June 2009

A month on, I’m still reading that Spotify’s financials and subscriber numbers are a mystery. Not here, they’re not. Move over Fifty Quid bloke – and make way for 14p man. Statements seen by The Register indicate that’s all the hit music service Spotify makes per user from its advertising-supported business. The difference is the…

Stories

Carterware – it’s the new vapourware

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Andrew Orlowski

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16 June 2009

“As yet, we’ve seen nothing that fulfils the consumer demand of sharing music, for which most of the public would apparently part with a fair bit of cash. So this is software or a service announced in response to a Government edict.” … Read More

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‘Thousands’ sign up for legal P2P

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Andrew Orlowski

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10 June 2009

Tens of thousands of students have signed up to pay for a legal P2P music program in US universities, set to start later this year in experimental form. It’s Choruss, the incubator hatched by Jim Griffin – a long-time advocate of licensing P2P sharing on networks. Choruss won’t ultimately be in the retail or service…

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